- Explain how the statement: “Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.” is different from the statement: “Everything is for the best.”
- Can either of these statements possibly be true? If yes, explain how they can be true. If not, explain why not.
- If this, however horrible, is the best of all possible worlds, then are not worldly conditions, as they are, the best that they can possibly be?
- What are the conditions of Candide’s world? To what extent does Candide’s world resemble ours?
- Is life in our world ever as “horrible” as it appears to be in Candide’s world?
- What factors cause the conditions of Candide’s world?
- To what extent can mankind in general or individuals in particular affect or influence the conditions of life in either Candide’s world or our own?
- To what extent are the following characters responsible for their actions and experiences? In other words, do they or can they do anything to change the course of their lives?
- What role does perception and/or perspective play in the experience and/or interpretation of reality?
- How do the characters in Candide’s world respond to the “reality” of their experience?
- Is suffering actually suffering if its effects are, if not ignored, blindly or blandly accepted by the sufferers, not to mention by the perpetrators of that suffering?
- In what way(s) does Candide’s attitude toward or approach to the world change during the course of the narrative?
- What does Candide mean when he decides that “we must cultivate our garden”?
- Does the decision that “we must cultivate our garden” signal a departure from “this is the best of all possible worlds,” or is it simply another way of saying the same thing? Explain your answer.
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